The #typeparis20 summer programme is on hold for the year 2020 until the worldwide pandemic is over. If the situation improve in 2020, we will do our utmost be back on track. The programme is in English and covers typeface design and calligraphy techniques, type history, and modern software practices.

APPLY!

Nevertheless, the #typeparis21 programme will take place between between June and July 2021. As the application form is not yet open, it is best to subscribe to our mailing list to be informed of its opening to don't miss the 14 March 2021 deadline. Meanwhile check our page about the last evolution of Covid-19.

WORKSHOPS

During the year, we organize workshops in Paris and sometimes elsewhere. Various themes: type design, sign painting, lettering, use of software, learn more about the forthcoming workshops on the dedicated section.

WHAT YOU GET

We created a place where every kind of design professional can learn about type design in a relatively short amount of time. The programme covers the learning of know-how in typeface design and calligraphy techniques, type history, and modern software practices. A typeface is a combination of different factors that need to work together, and the whole intention of our methods is to assimilate this fundamental principle through practice. During the 5 weeks, the instructors converse daily to keep everyone in the loop and re-adjust each person based on our observations. Like any creative discipline, type design is highly subjective, and whilst there are important principles that we teach in detail that should be followed, there is a lot of room for one’s own personal taste.

“A brilliant combination of tutoring and talks with, among other luminaries of the type world, award winning designer and educator, Jean François Porchez. And it’s hosted in Paris! What could be better.”

ABOUT TYPEPARIS

Learn how to design type from scratch in Europe. Launched by the Typofonderie team in 2015, TypeParis is an intensive programme in English that takes in the heart of Bastille area in Paris. Our unique approach continues the long tradition of type design study that started in France back in the 1970’s. The programme also includes weekly talks which are open to the public and streamed live. Subscribe to our mailing list!

Terms and Conditions

Terms

Details

Summer course schedule

The comprehensive programme runs 5 days a week for 5 weeks. The majority of sessions will be provided by two instructors together. With two sessions a day, instructors will deliver 340 hours of instruction during the 5 weeks. During this time several visits have been arranged to see notable french institutions and discover the immense and fascinating history of type. The online version of these terms and conditions is available here. Additional details on FAQ page.

Four days a week: From 9:00 to 20:00.

Wednesday to Saturday (+ special cases): 2 sessions of several hours with open studio time in between.

Monday or Tuesday each week booked to visit notable french instutions and rare typographic places.

Terms of Registration

Preamble

TypeParis masterclass is aimed to persons acting in the scope of their professional activity. TypeParis welcomes its visitors who will find hereafter TypeParis Terms & conditions.

These Terms & Conditions exclusively apply to all person visiting and purchasing on typeparis.com website, edited and operated by TypeParis whose business address is based at 144 avenue Jean Jaurès, 92140 Clamart, France1.

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These Terms & Conditions are subject to be modified at any time and without notice, knowing that the conditions applied on typeparis.com are those at the date of the order. Any other Terms & Conditions produced by typeparis.com's visitor will have no legal value and cannot engage the responsibility and/or liability of typeparis.com neither TypeParis. Access to typeparis.com’s visitor area and/ or registration area whatever the service, visiting typeparis.com tacitly implies that typeparis.com’s visitor accepts TypeParis Terms & Conditions.

AAny online and offline offer promoted by TypeParis is reserved to professionals (companies, administrations, professionals, institutions, craftsmen, tradesmen, associations) all over the world.

Typeparis.com’s visitor is informed that these Terms & Conditions do not require a handwritten signature in order to be accepted and that the validation of his order online binds him.

1 TypeParis Headquarters: 8 rue Lemercier 75017 Paris, France.

Services

TypeParis Master class are dedicated to type design and courses location will be confirmed on the typeparis.com's client invoice and/or by email before the date of the course.

Subscription

Pre-registration

1. Any pre-registration must be posted on typeparis.com before the announced deadline: registration fee via our online payment page and requested documents (cover letter, portfolio, study courses, professional courses) by email.

2. The pre-registration fee of 80 euros is not refundable and imperative for any registration in order to be considered. As well, any incomplete applications will be rejected.

Typeparis.com visitors and/or clients can place their order(s) directly on the typeparis.com website. Any order from a typeparis.com client having an unresolved payment dispute with TypeParis cannot be pre-registered or his order will be cancelled by typeparis.com.

Definitive registration

1. An acceptance notification will be sent by email to each trainee with payment instructions and training Agreement.

2. Tuition of each accepted applicant have to be paid in full to TypeParis no later than the deadline provided into the acceptance notification sent by email

Sponsorship

TypeParis sponsorship will bee invoiced by TypeParis within the sponsorship level agreed between TypeParis’ sponsor and TypeParis.

Terms of payment

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TypeParis payments are due upon invoice receipt. In accordance with French law no. 92-1442 of 31 12 1992, any payment received after a ten days time limit will be increased with interest equal to three times the legal interest rate for each month of late payment. For any payment after the due date, a flat-rate indemnity of 40€ will be charged in accordance with the terms of art. D411-5 of the French Commercial Code.

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Each data registered by typeparis.com constitutes the evidence of all the commercial transactions carried out between TypeParis and its clients. Any data registered by the Payzen payment system is provided by Payzen and the Crédit Mutuel, used and chosen by the typeparis.com client (bank or any other establishment) and thus constitutes the evidence of all financial transactions carried out between TypeParis and the establishment in question (or any other organization).

2. Payment by bank transfer Available only for offline purchases, bank transfer or wire transfer can be organized under the condition that any currency exchange fees are the sole responsibility of TypeParis’s client. For further details on the process, please contact us by email

3. Prices and VAT All typeparis.com prices are displayed in euros and do not include applicable taxes. Any typofonderie.com client residing in France and/or in the DOM territories and/or in a EEC member country will have to pay the additional French tax “VAT" which is calculated when you place your order. The French VAT will be applied from “Total Amount before tax" of the order and will be reported on the receipt and the invoice of typeparis.com's client.

Any valid VAT number entered by a business client (Euro Zone only) will be checked by typofonderie.com to validate the order. A valid VAT number will result in a total order amount to be paid in Tax Free ( without French VAT), while an invalid VAT number will result a total order including French VAT.

Retraction

As provided by the French legislation in force, you can cancel your subscription to the Master Class following your definitive registration within a retraction deadline of 14 days without involving any cancellation fee, from the day your registration has been paid to TypeParis. Beyond that deadline, any cancellation will be fully due as fixed indemnity. This retraction right do not include the pre-registration fee which matches to registration fees.

Any started training will be due in full.

TypeParis reserves the right to refuse any participants who did not pay the entire Master Class before the allotted delay.

TypeParis retains the right to cancel or postpone the Masterclass without compensation or penalty due to the customer

Copyrights

TypeParis is a registered trademark of ZeAssociates SARL. All TypeParis’s trademarks, logo, pictures, texts, fonts posted on typeparis.com are the sole property of TypeParis and its third parties partners. Any use of these trademarks will be granted without the prior agreement of TypeParis.

Unless express written authorization signed by TypeParis, it is strictly forbidden to reproduce any information or documents from this website whatever the means, the resource or the form used.

Governing Law

In the event of a dispute, the only law having value is French law in front of the Courts of Paris (75 France).

Privacy

Under orders or when visitors create an account on typeparis.com, TypeParis is brought to collect personal data. These data are processed and stored within conditions designed to ensure their safety. Some of these data are essential for processing applications or client orders. Please refer to our privacy policy for more details.

Privacy policies

Typeparis.com is very concerned by confidentiality and security of visitors personal information. We are committed to providing the highest degree of confidentiality and security.

Typeparis.com is registered at the CNIL (Commission Nationale Informatique et Liberté) under the number 1839676. In accordance with French Data protections laws (dated 1978, January 6th, and modified in 2004), the visitor of typeparis.com has an access right and a rectification right relative to the data concerning his own person, as well as an opposition right. In order to exercise one of those rights, the visitor of typeparis.com will have to contact TypeParis, 144 avenue Jean Jaurès, 92140 Clamart, France, by email or by phone +33 1 46 54 26 92

When a visitor or a client registers and/ or places an order on typeparis.com, its/ her confidential User ID and password are under its / her sole and entire responsibility for any use on typeparis.com. He/she agrees to respect the privacy of typeparis.com, to provide consistent information and to update its data when necessary, and not to disclose the information to anyone on typeparis.com nor try to retrieve information from typeparis.com or its Visitor for any purpose whatsoever.

All information, product, document contained in typeparis.com are the entire, full and exclusive property of ZeAssociates. Any reselling, publishing, distribution, reproduction, modification, falsification of any information, product and content of documents from typeparis.com is strictly prohibited whatever the nature, substance or form. TypeParis reserves itself the right to forbid to any visitor the access to view, download and print documents and / or information available on typeparis.com, any violation being subject of prosecution. Any violation of these rules gives the right to TypeParis to withdraw access from its content immediately and without any reservation and will be prosecuted according to the code of French law.

TypeParis privacy policy can be changed and improved at any time without prior notice. Visiting or requesting informations or services from typeparis.com valid the acceptation of the visitors to typeparis.com privacy policy. Otherwise typeparis.com visitors must leave the site as soon as possible and do not have to utilize the services provided by TypeParis.

What Does TypeParis with its visitors data?

TypeParis reserves itself the right to use cookies to customize the visitor’s website’s experience.

Internal regulation

Registration to the TypeParis Summer course involves acceptance of this internal regulation. The Summer course is organized by TypeParis and hosted at Le Tank. This internal regulations defines the rules of existence applicable to attendees. It aims to offer a harmonious working environment and to ensure safety inside Le Tank.

This internal regulation must be accepted by each attendee.

Security and neighborhood

In accordance to the current law, it is strictly forbidden to smoke inside the premises of the school. It also is requested to the attendees to respect the school’s neighborhood and not to disperse butts, especially on the public highway close to the school.

Attendees must imperatively be aware of general safety, especially in case of fire. They are required to participate in evacuation drills.

Premises and equipment

Attendees commit to maintain and respect the tidiness of the premises made available to them. After each sessions, Le Tank: Le Reservoir and its equipment have to be tidy: each attendee, leaving its desk, must leave it clean and ready to be used by any other attendee.

Any borrowed equipment must be put back in place. Use of material made available to attendees: printer, computer, audiovisual, etc. is subject to certain rules that will have to be respected.

Attendees are responsible for the proper use of this equipment. For any damaged or lost equipment a compensation will be expressly demanded to the concerned attendee. Likewise, any deterioration of premises, or furnitures is payable by the attendee or by its legal guardian.

The school can not be held liable for the disappearance or infringement to personal items, which ones are considered to remain under safekeeping of its owner.

Disciplinary punishments

Any failure from the attendee TypeParis internal regulation justifies sanctions ranging from a simple warning to a temporary or definitive expulsion.

Social security and insurance

Each attendee from Euro zone must be affiliated to the social security scheme. An insurance for “civil liability and accidents” must be subscribed by the attendee. attendees out of Euro zone must obligatory subscribe to a healthy insurance.

How long is the programme and how much time will be spent in class?

The TypeParis programme will last during 5 intensive weeks comprising of 160 in-class hours. Classes meet from 9:00 to 20:00 in two separate 4 hours sessions, with open studio time in between. You have two days off during the week: Sunday + another, as usually Saturday is a working day. Instructors will deliver 340 hours of instruction during the 5 weeks.

How many people will be admitted into this programme?

TypeParis will accept around 15 attendees. Because small team means a closer individual proximity with intsructors/international guests, and also a precious help in developing attendees’ skill levels. The instructors converse daily to keep everyone in the loop and re-adjust each person based on our observations. For most of the sessions, two instructors will be present on the class.

Should I expect to spend time to working, once out of the classroom?

All this may vary depending your skills and experience. Overall though this investment we can estimate around 10 to 20 extra hours every week.

How will TypeParis attendees be evaluated?

We expect from each attendee to working with envy, to be involved and to demonstrate its understanding of the concepts taught in this programme. The work of each attendee will be evaluated weekly by an invited expert in type design. The attendee’s typeface will be evaluated at the end of the programme during which a final presentation + jury will determine the obtention of the “TypeParis” Certificate.

“With distinction” recognises students with a particularly high quality of work.

Which materials and software do I need to supply to attend courses?

Just bring your laptop, generally a recent Apple Macbook running a no older than two years old Mac OS is fine to run font design applications and typical graphic design applications.

We will provide (included in the tuition fee) type design apps complimentary license for 5 weeks, along specific set graphic design equipement as well paper, tracing paper to each attendee. You will indeed have access to fast Internet as well a laser printer with the necessary paper for your everyday needs.

You also will received the official TypeParis T-shirt of the year, a totebag, full of typeface specimens, goodies and so on.

Do I already need to have acquired specific skills with some computer softwares?

If I already have experience designing typefaces, am I overqualified for the programme?

Not at all. We encourage appliants with previous experience or the ones who followed workshops, type design classes. Even if some materials can seem familiar to you, it’s also the opportunity of learn an other approach of design process.

In which area of Paris, TypeParis is located?

TypeParis is located at Le Tank: Le Réservoir, 22 bis rue des Taillandiers, 75011 Paris, France, in the lovely, trendy Bastille area. How to get there? click here for map.

Accommodation

Accommodation cost isn’t included on the price. You have to find by yourself the place to stay in Paris.

Can I register in the TypeParis programme without any undergraduate degree?

No prior degree necessary. However, previous studies or knowledges in graphic design or typeface will be considered a plus during the selection process.

What are the requested elements to apply to the 5-week typeface design programme?

Please follow the instructions as listed on the Programme/Application Materials section when launched. You will have to prepare a A4 sized PDF named that is no larger than 10 MB. If you're not sure about your portfolio, please send it by advance, we will be happy to share some advice. The PDF needs to include the following two sections: Portfolio No more than twelve graphic/typographic design projects (the limit is 12 pages). These should demonstrate your proficiency in graphic design, typography, lettering and some knowledge of Béziers curves! If a project involves other people please state your role. Curriculum-résumé as additional page (to the 12 pages above for your portfolio) about your background, including any specific courses or workshops you’ve undertaken; which software applications you are proficient with (at least Adobe Illustrator); and any traditional techniques or skills such as calligraphy and lettering if you have some knowledge of them. Finally, the online form ask you to write 250 words (maximum) describing your interest (and experience is a plus) in typeface design and lettering. This will help the jury to learn more about you and your motivation.

During the pre-registration process, can I send a link to my portfolio online instead of e-mailing images?

No. Please follow the instructions as listed on the Programme/Application Materials section when launched.

What about if I’m not a French or a resident participant?

This programme treats all applicants equally regardless of residency. TypeParis will not qualify attendees for International attendees visas and is not able to assist you in getting a travel visa of any kind. We therefore ask you to read with the highest attention the government guidelines for visas to the France. More here.

My company would like to be a sponsor or partner!

We are looking for sponsors, it help to make the talks free with international speakers. We invite ten speakers by year. We're the most reputed type related event in Paris. We have various sponsorship levels and good opportunities to promote your products and activities. Check our dedicated pdf and fee free to contact us. See in addition, see partners pdf.

➽ Submit your application to our email using #typeparis20 internship in the subject line. In past we enjoyed the company of current students from various (design and type) parisian schools. English basic is a requirement if you’re French (si vous arrivez à lire jusque là, c’est bon signe). If you’re from abroad, it will be better if you speak a bit of French but not a requirement.

Proﬁciency on Adobe Creative Could applications as well Apple tools, Mailchimp to produce #typeparis20 graphic design material, community management, TPTalks evenings and others social events related. Very basic knowledge of video editing will help. We’re looking for someone not shy as this young talent will be in contact of speakers, attendees and the rest of TypeParis team on a regular basis. In addition, you will participate of the life of Typofonderie.

Internship located at Typofonderie + Letank from 11 May to 11 July 2020. To be intern doesn’t mean that you will be part of the #typeparis20 programme, meanwhile occasionally, you may join TypeParis attendees for specific visits and workshops. It’s a paid (not a big sum) internship + typographic related bonus.

Type@Paris or TypeParis?

The logotype set in Anisette Petite feature the @ sign in thin weight, and we use it for various identity applications. But we pronounce and wrote it TypeParis.

“Type@Paris is definitely the event every type lover was waiting for. We don’t have a a lot of opportunity to share this passion, particularly in France, so it would be a shame to miss it!”

Tyrsa

“A five week journey into the craft of type design is a fantastic and worthwhile introduction. I’m confident that the team teaching Type@Paris will encourage and inspire students, as there is no substitute for learning from experienced practitioners.”

Mark De Winne

“A brilliant combination of tutoring and talks with, among other luminaries of the type world, award winning designer and educator, Jean François Porchez. And it’s hosted in Paris! What could be better.”

John Boardley

“I had the privilege of learning under the tuition of Jean François Porchez, a great mentor who taught me a way of hand drawing type design that I continue to apply everyday. I am eternally grateful for his support and his help. Don’t miss this opportunity: type design, inspirational talks and great mentors, all in the old and beautiful Paris, it can’t get any better than that!”